Iran invites IAEA chief Rafael Grossi to come to Tehran in May. Grossi recently expressed his willingness to visit Iran.
Iran's nuclear program continues to gain momentum. Tehran denies wanting to build an atomic bomb.. Iran is subject to severe economic sanctions imposed by the U.S., which unilaterally withdrew in 2018 from the international nuclear agreement, providing for limitations on the Iranian nuclear program. At the beginning of February, Mohammad Eslami announced the start of construction work on a new nuclear research reactor in Isfahan.